By Jenny Pyke People do their best to avoid darkness, but the light can be far worse. The dark objects to judging cracks that give...

By Wayne C. Hannis On the skeleton of our need, why the horror of the leaving? The folding up of the white narcissus, darker blue, the...

By Didi Shannon Burcklay When the pain reopens old wounds, they start to bleed again and again. When the people around you make you feel...

By Javanne Bain-Forde I am not ashamed to admit that I am in my twenties I am not ashamed to admit that I have wanted to rest well...

By Stacey Astill Like daffodils trusting, tender I raise my head to bathe in the light. Worm free of grave dirt and winter. Think,...

By Colin James The gag order was clear enough concise even, not at all periphrasistic. Instructions in bold lettering, remove any...

By Andromeda Rose My trauma makes me argue with men as if I am fighting a war for all the women who have no voices to fight with /when I...

By Rachel Spell hold the monster in your arms, feel his spikes against your skin, it hurts but you can’t let him go. love soothes the...

By Gary Gregory Burrowing worm of depression devours Light like collapsing sun Under its own weight the darkening hours Encounter a man...

By Alyssa Gerry And I looked- beheld this Being, mounted on a pale frame, that declared itself Death. The Terror quivering in the air...

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By S. Vardhan The sable of night offers a certain safety To acknowledge our demons To meet them Fears feed on the flesh of daylight The...

By Raymond Moreau Friday arrives; nosedive, drive nails into boards, an insect pinned: dissected. Tread water in concrete puddles. By...

By Aeran Anhorn I'm unique, I'm unique, Individuality's infatuation, Segregation due to lack of representation, Differentiation on state...

By The Bard of Bath, Tick Rowley People will say you suffer Tell you it could be better Some will resonate But you know they’re not on...

By Vlad Bruss like the sirens & red light howl ‘round our bedroom to put out some fire down the street that could happen here. there is a...

By Kelly Foster Take me to the deepest corners of your mind To those shadow places kept hidden deep inside Hidden from the world, from...

By Pascale P. every day i get up at dawn, just to self-harm, feeling like the new wolf in my kitchen like the one that i saw, the only...

By Jonathan Fear As the lights go out And I leave the stage One final bow One final charade The smile wearing thin But no one can tell...

By Miguel S. Blood red rose You caught my eye Like nothing else before You had me hypnotized Blood red rose You yearned to be touched And...